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What is the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital?

medical model

a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition), a widely use system for classifying psychological disorders. Presently distributed in an updated "text revision" (DSM- IV-TR)

a mood disorder in which a person experiences, in the absence of drugs or a medical condition, two or more weeks of significantly depressed moods. feelings of worthlessness, and diminished interest or pleasure in most activities

major depressive disorder

a mood disorder marked by a hyperactive, wildly optimistic state

mania

a mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. (Formerly called manic-depressive disorder)

bipolar disorder

a group of sever disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions

Schizophrenia

false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders